Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African & African American Research and Oxford University Press are teaming up to create a new dictionary "that will illuminate the history, meaning, and significance" of African American English (AAE). A new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to capture the rich relationship Black Americans have with the English language. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English." Sho' You Right: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English is On The Way https://t.co/TdAu1Ti7tp pic.twitter.com/oeUatMxbHD — The Root (@TheRoot) July 24, 2022"Every speaker of American English borrows heavily from words invented by African Americans, whether they know it or not. Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced this week that he will oversee the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English as editor-in-chief.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2022 11:41 UTC